MISSISSIPPI SOUND ESTUARY PROGRAM REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT PROFILE
From the economic model of the Mississippi Sound Estuary Program (MSEP) region built in IMPLAN cloud (https://implan.com/), the regional employment profile was developed.
The MSEP region consists of 36 Mississippi counties. Total employmment in the MSEP region reached 966,112 jobs, which covered 59.5 percent in 2022.
The top ten industries which employed the highest number of workers in 2022 are shown below.
Source of raw data: https://implan.com/
Employment in IMPLAN is an Industry-specific mix of full-time, part-time, and seasonal employment. It is an annual average that accounts for seasonality and follows the same definition used by the BLS and BEA. IMPLAN Employment is not equal to full time equivalents.
The top 10 industries employed 253,635 persdons, consisting of 26.3 percent of the regional total employment in 2022.
The local government education sector employed the highest number of worker more than 41,000 workers in 2022, adding 4.3 percent to total regional employment.
The second top employment industry consisted of limited-service reastaurants with 37,123 jobs, adding 3.8 percent to total regional employment.
The third top industry consisted of other real estate which created 25,889 jobs, contributing 2.7 percent to total regional employment.